We are a little confused by this. The semester ended a while ago and it seems strange that he would be doing work now, but it is possible, especially since Russ transferred in, that he came into PC academically behind and is taking winter session courses to get himself on track. Either way we wish Russ good luck with his school work.

There is a chance that this is nothing. Maybe Russ was sick, or had personal issues to attend to, but there is a good chance that he is out. He got limited minutes in the Notre Dame game and has not seen action since. Reason to be upset for sure. Playing behind two freshman usually doesn’t make somebody too happy either. In his radio show, Coach Keno said that Russ’ playing time was a reflection of his practice play. So putting everything together, the chances are that Russ is out. And if that is the case we wish him only the best of luck, but we will save our goodbyes for if and when that becomes official.

If Russ has left Providence a scholarship has opened up for the high school class of 2010. Not to be insensitive toward Russ, but for those who listened in on the most recent Keno Davis Radio show, Coach Keno hinted that Friar fans might be happy in the very near future with recruiting. Now of course the ”near future” can mean all different things and the recruitment might be from someone in the class of 2011. But let’s just say that it is someone who is a senior now. Who would it be? We have no idea, but Providence has had their eye on the younger brother of Atlanta Hawk Al Horford, Jon Horford, who has an ESPN scout rating of 92. The 6’9″ senior from Michigan is a good low post scorer and works hard on the boards. He is getting looks from SEC school, Alabama, and Big 10 schools, Minnesota and Michigan. Michigan would seem to be in the lead, but maybe the BIG EAST could draw him to Providence. Of course this is all gross speculation, but it does seem that he could be a good fit, and Providence has been able to pull a few players out of the midwest recently.

We are getting way ahead of ourselves though. We will see how everything plays out with Russ.